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Vere Poulett

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Lieutenant-General The Honourable Vere Poulett (May 1761-15 March 1812), was a British soldier and politician.

Poulett was a younger son of Vere Poulett, 3rd Earl Poulett, and Mary, daughter of Richard Butt.[1] He was returned to parliament for Bridgewater in 1790, a seat he held until 1796 and again between 1806 and 1807.[2]

Poulett married Anne Lucy (née Becher). They had one son and five daughters.[3] One of their daughters, Anne Lucy Poulett, was the wife of George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent. Poulett died in March 1812, aged 50.[1]

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    thepeerage.com Lt.-Gen. Hon. Vere Poulett
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    leighrayment.com House of Commons: Bradford North to Brightside[usurped]
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    cracroftspeerage.co.uk Poulett, Earl (E, 1706–1973) Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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